URL

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

1. Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the internet.

2. an address that identifies a particular file on the internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

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URL British  

abbreviation

1. uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web

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URL Scientific  

/ yo̅o̅′är-ĕl′ /

1. Short for Uniform Resource Locator. An Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade).

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URL Cultural  

1. An abbreviation for U niversal R esource L ocator, a title that refers to the formal address of a document on the Internet.

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Etymology

Origin of URL

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Buried under the icon next to every URL at the top of the browser, “About this page” was a product of a direct collaboration between Wineburg and engineers at Google.

From The Wall Street Journal

They looked at 499,781 URL requests over a single week to determine whether the requested site, image or content was safe or not.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The IP address of this first successful request had made 32 previous unsuccessful attempts at this URL over the course of the morning,” according to the review.

From The Wall Street Journal

An attempt was made to access the URL as early as 05:16.

From BBC

Whereas yesteryear web browsers accessed the internet through a URL and search box, future internet access will be through the chat experience and a web browser, Altman said.

From Los Angeles Times